Short Take: OS/2 gets Java update

IBM will by month's end ship an update to its OS/2 operating system that adds support for Java version 1.02, company officials said today. The company will post to its Web site files for updating the Java support in the OS/2 Warp 3 and OS/2 Warp Connect client packages, and for adding Java support for the first time to OS/2 Warp Server and OS/2 Warp Server SMP operating systems. The update should increase Java application performance in the client package by 60 percent, said Tim Thatcher, Java program manager at IBM.

IBM will by month's end ship an update to its OS/2 operating system that adds support for Java version 1.02, company officials said today. The company will post to its Web site files for updating the Java support in the OS/2 Warp 3 and OS/2 Warp Connect client packages, and for adding Java support for the first time to OS/2 Warp Server and OS/2 Warp Server SMP operating systems. The update should increase Java application performance in the client package by 60 percent, said Tim Thatcher, Java program manager at IBM.